Game apparatus.



W; MAIDENS.

GAME APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 17, 1912.

Patented Oct. 21, 1913.

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WILLIAM MAIDENS, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

GAME APPARATUS.

Application filed December 17, 1912.

Specification of Letters Patent.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VVILLIAM MAIDENS, a citizen of the United States, residing at olumbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Game Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improved game apparatus, embodying a helical spiral track, means to turn the same and a ball or balls to run on and be elevated by the spiral track and deposited in a cage at the upper end thereof and intended to exercise the skill of the operator, the invention consisting in the construction, combination and arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing :F igure 1 is a perspective view of a game apparatus constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same.

In accordance with my invention I provide a circular base 1 which has a vertical peripheral wall 2. On the base is arranged a helical spiral track 8 which comprises a bottom at and vertical side walls 5. The lower end of this spiral track bears directly on the base and against the wall 2 and the upper end of the spiral track terminates in a table 6 on which is a cage 7. The cage has an opening 8 to establish communication between the upper end of the track and the interior of the cage and the cage is here shown as circular in form, open at its upper end and provided with a washer 9 which forms a cover therefor. A shaft 10 passes vertically through the centers of the base, the table and the cage and washer and has a threaded upper portion and is secured to the base by nuts 11 and to the table washer and cage by a nut 12 which bears under the table and a nut 13 which bears on the upper side of the washer.

In connection with the apparatus hereinbefore described, I employ three balls 14. By placing the balls first in the base and then turning the device by means of its shaft 10, the balls may, if the device is skilfully operated, be caused to run up the spiral helical track and to pass through the opening 8 into the cage.

I would have it understood that my improved game apparatus is preferably made of paste-board but may be made of any other suitable material.

While I have herein shown and described a preferred form of my invention, I would have it understood that changes may be made in the form, proportion and construction of the several parts without departing from the spirit of my invention and within the scope of the appended claim.

I claim The herein described game apparatus comprising a shaft having a threaded por tion, a base secured on the shaft, and having a surrounding upwardly extending flange or wall, a spiral helical track rising from the base and terminating at its upper end in a table, the said table having an opening through which the threaded portion of the shaft extends, a cage arranged on said table and having an opening in one side to communicate with the upper end of the track, the said cage being concentrically arranged with the shaft, a cover on the cage and through which the shaft extends and nuts on the threaded portion of the shaft and bearing one on the cover of the cage and the other under the table and clamping the cage, the cover and the table together and, hence, supporting the upper end of the spiral helical track.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM MAIDENS.

Vitnesses MARY E. TAYLOR, MARY E. MAIDnNs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). G. 

